💁🏻‍♂️ - After a very active day walking around in the sun ☀️ at the Glasgow Necropolis & Cathedral, me and my Gluten-Free (Celiac) buddy worked up an appetite & decided on a lunch time visit to Japanese-Show Performing- Fire 🔥 Raising- “Sapparo Tepenyaki”
We opted for the set menu so £16 for 2 courses. Starter and Mains. I personally opted for Chicken Gyoza Dumplings 🥟 a firm fave of mine. These were presented very basic but tasted nice, crunchy on one side and soft on the other (I personally prefer a light crunch all over).
Once your starter is served, a personal chef comes to your table which is so cool, followed by amazing fire tricks and games like throwing the delish potato slices and catching in your mouth. It’s really fun, friendly, good banter and gets you socialising with other guests at the table.
For my main I had the Steak (£3 supp) teriyaki with fried rice. The chef asked for my preference which was medium/rare but it was served more medium, my friend also agreed it was medium. There was also some fatty chunks on the steak. I did enjoy it - was just ok though.
The restaurant can pride itself on being almost 100% gluten free apart from some sauces. There seemed to be a bit of confusion with my friend who has celiac disease,serving her salmon teryaki with a gluten sauce which she witnessed as it was being made. This was easily rectified but had it not been noticed by herself, as it was made in front of us, she would have been very ill. This did put a little dampener on the experience.
The chef was very apologetic and they gave us the salmon complimentary to take home with us so all good 👍🏻
Having been a few times to Sapparo, it’s getting an overall 4. The concept and tricks makes it a fun, unique experience. Some more inspired presentation of starters and attention to detail will take it to the next level! @sapporoglasgow #japanese #glasgow #reviews #food #critics #glasgowfood #steak #salmon #teryaki #gyoza #scotland